If you could only have one lure 2024

SuperDuty reply :

If you could only have one lure For catching LM bass, what would it be?

And for small mouth?

And one color as well.

johnmyers reply :

Black 5” Senko for both

Bluebasser86 reply :

Green Pumpkin TRD on a 1/16oz Red head for both.

Bird reply :

SM. White fluke

LM. PB&J ZinkerZ

jimmyjoe reply :

Chartreuse and white spinnerbait. jj

scaleface reply :

6 inch Zoom Lizard purple .

Mike L reply :

June bug Magnum Speed Worm on top and at depth.
Rage Bug for everything on the bottom.

No Idea, still on bucket list

Mike

nascar2428 reply :

Largemouth - 5" Senko#912 color. Smallmouth- 3.25" tube Goby color.

Dens228 reply :

Dirty Jigs Pitch'n jig in watermelon with a watermelon Sweet Beaver trailer.

A-Jay reply :

For Green Bass ~

For Brown Bass ~

:smiley:

A-Jay

cookieman reply :

large mouth 5 inch yum dinger black and blue laminate wakey was best this year but hook most anyway worked also

roadwarrior reply :

Senko for largemouth, green pumpkin

Rage Taii Menace for smallmouth

Mobasser reply :

I only fish for largemouth so, 6" grape plastic worm.

SuperDuty reply :

I've never used a senko but was just telling my youngest son that we're gonna have to buy some and give them a shot this spring.

stratoliner92 reply :

Largemouth - Texas rigged Zoom trickworm junebug red

Smallmouth - Sammy100 ghost ayu

kayaking_kev reply :

Largemouth = Any 5" plastic worm

Smallmouth = Whopper Plopper Loon Color Size 90 ( Just because of where I usually fish for them, in a shallow river )

PhishLI reply :

LM: Megabass Hazedong Shad 4'2" Green Pumpkin/Blue rigged on an Owner Twistlock Light 3/32 5/0.

ohboyitsrobby reply :

A 1/4 oz Shakey head with a candy craw fat baby finesse worm. I'm pretty sure I could catch fish year round anywhere within driving distance on that. And for smallmouth a rebel wee craw in Louisiana craw or something like that

Steelhead reply :

Green pumpkin TRD with a 1/15oz finesse Shroomz head for both. I'll be experimenting with blue, red and chartreuse heads this season.

Shimano_1 reply :

Green pumpkin 3/8 finesse jig

keagbassr reply :

On 1/18/2020 at 10:17 PM, jimmyjoe said:

Chartreuse and white spinnerbait. jj

This for me as well.

humbleangler reply :

Very tough choice between an old Texas rigged 7in. Berkley Power Worm in black blue fleck or a Mann's Baby 1-Minus in bluegill.

Finessegenics reply :

Smallmouth: Green pumpkin/orange Finesse TRD on a 1/16oz mushroom head

Largemouth: Yamamoto 5inch senko in Green Pump Amber Laminate

N Florida Mike reply :

Very tough choice . I am a non discriminatory bait user as long as it’s some kind of T rigged soft plastic.

Its a toss up between a Zoom super fluke or 4 inch senko. Watermelon seed or watermelon red.

Lots of close seconds.

Frog Turds reply :

Jig = anywhere in the country & anytime in the season...

Steve S reply :

Zman ticklerz in Sprayed Grass on a 1/15 Berkley Half head jig.

Way north bass guy reply :

On 1/18/2020 at 10:38 PM, A-Jay said:

For Green Bass ~

For Brown Bass ~

A-Jay

For smallies, I’d go with pretty much the exact same thing as you, same colour and everything, but if I had to choose one bait for both species combined, it’d be a Strike King double willow spinnerbait in white with one silver and one gold blade, 1/2 oz with maybe some extra weight attached for burning on top for smallies. In 20 years of serious bass fishing, I have caught WAY more and larger of both species on that bait than all the others combined. Something about a big bass absolutely crushing a spinnerbait that just raises the hairs on the back of my neck just thinking about it.

A-Jay reply :

On 1/19/2020 at 10:26 AM, Way north bass guy said:

For smallies, I’d go with pretty much the exact same thing as you, same colour and everything, but if I had to choose one bait for both species combined, it’d be a Strike King double willow spinnerbait in white with one silver and one gold blade, 1/2 oz with maybe some extra weight attached for burning on top for smallies. In 20 years of serious bass fishing, I have caught WAY more and larger of both species on that bait than all the others combined. Something about a big bass absolutely crushing a spinnerbait that just raises the hairs on the back of my neck just thinking about it.

My PB Brown Bass Came on a Spinnerbait -

Crushed it !

And you know I thought it was a pike.

:smiley:

A-Jay

NittyGrittyBoy reply :

For me down in South Ga, either weightless super fluke or 5" senko. Either or and I'm happy.

haggard reply :

5 inch black & blue Yum worm (or equivalent), Texas rigged with 1/4 or 3/8 oz black tungsten bullet. Paddle tail optional.

Dorado reply :

5” Powerbait Maxscent The General Worm in GP/Watermelon or a 5” Senko in GP w/ Black Flk. Weightless wacky and my mindset immediately clicks to “I’m catching the biggest bass in this pond”

FishTank reply :

5in Black and Blue Senko. I have caught more fish on this than anything else.

Bassjam2000 reply :

Zman zinkerz, watermelon candy.

GReb reply :

3/8 oz pitching jig in green/brown color

tander reply :

Z Man TRD in either green pumpkin or junebug on a 1/16oz head.

Maxximus Redneckus reply :

LM only here ..6 " manns purple jelly worm

If and when i do smallmouth ...it will be a bubble gum superfluke...

Manly Studson reply :

I’d select a top water lure, like a popper. I don’t think that I could do without top water strikes. Just too exciting.

fishindad reply :

Largemouth: gotta be weedless = 5” green pumpkin Senko for numbers and size. Frog, any color, for most fun.

Smallies: green pumpkin or watermelon 4” tube for numbers and size. Again, topwater popper or prop bait for most exciting to fish.

frogflogger reply :

On 1/19/2020 at 7:58 AM, Frog Turds said:

Jig = anywhere in the country & anytime in the season...

With hair jigs I have caught every thing from the 3 bass to most other fresh water fish - countless species of saltwater fish -

Only one lure - jig

no brainer - they've been around for thousands of years in one form or the other.

Fishes in trees reply :

Just couldn't do it. Couldn't go fishing with just one bait -that would drive me nuts. But what about if you HAD to? I don't know - can't see the situation where I HAD to. If I woke up one day, ready to go fishing and only had one bait I'd either, (a) call the cops and report that all my fishing gear had been stolen or (b) go to Walmart and get some more.

Knowing all the options I cold potentially have and having only one option would bug me ALOT. I wouldn't do a decent job of fishing that day.

Sweet Tater Pie reply :

On 1/19/2020 at 9:36 PM, Manly Studson said:

I’d select a top water lure, like a popper. I don’t think that I could do without top water strikes. Just too exciting.

If I cant decide what to throw, you know it’ll end up being a top water.

SuperDuty reply :

Top water is definitely the most exciting fishing ever. During the spring time the wipers come into the shallows chasing shad on my local lake and they will devastate a top water popper on almost every cast. It's some of my favorite fishing.

scaleface reply :

The reason I choose a Lizard over a worm is it can be buzzed like a topwater .

JediAmoeba reply :

For Largemouth - Lucky Craft Pointer 78 in Bluegill Flake.

For smallmouth - 3 inch WW Senko in Lou's Special color

BassinCNY reply :

I'd go with a green pumpkin colored multipurpose jig for both. 3/8 th ounce for skipping, swimming and pitching for largemouth and 1/2 ounce to go a little deeper for smallies. If I was also limited to one trailer it would be a black speed craw.

lo-fi-hi-fi reply :

:thumbsup:

Bassjam2000 reply :

On 1/20/2020 at 1:33 AM, Fishes in trees said:

Just couldn't do it. Couldn't go fishing with just one bait -that would drive me nuts. But what about if you HAD to? I don't know - can't see the situation where I HAD to. If I woke up one day, ready to go fishing and only had one bait I'd either, (a) call the cops and report that all my fishing gear had been stolen or (b) go to Walmart and get some more.

Knowing all the options I cold potentially have and having only one option would bug me ALOT. I wouldn't do a decent job of fishing that day.

Lol there’s always somebody. You ain’t getting off that easy sir. Please allow me to paraphrase the question... if your local bass club had an open tournament in which you had to use a single lure all day for a million dollar grand prize, what would it be?

crypt reply :

Bass Asassin 5" shad. native shiner color

Hook2Jaw reply :

You're killing me, smalls.

I'm going to have to pack up a YUM Swimmin' Dinger in Green Pumpkin because I can fish it as a reaction style bait or with a more finesse approach. It works great swimming, it works great on the bottom, it works even better wacky rigged. I can burn it for topwater. Cut it down to size and match the hatch. Clip off the tail and it's a YUM Dinger.

So, yep, YUM Swimmin' Dinger 5" on a 1/4oz bullet and a 3/0 EWG for largemouth.

Since I don't have smallmouth, I'm gonna go with a Berkley Drift Walker for spotted bass in Sexy Back. That little walker is deadly.

Brad Reid reply :

Oh, gosh! For me, it is so simple: a 5" Keitech Shad Impact (the one without the paddle tail, just the pointy tail, so like a soft jerk bait). Color would be anything mimicking a shad, so "shad color."

For me? This Keitech works better than a worm where a worm would normally be fished, can be used at different speeds, all different zones in the water, weightless/weighted, like a jerk bait, skimmed across the surface, works year round.

My favorite application is thrown weightless, T-Rigged, retrieved like a dying or injured shad. As close to weedless as anything I use.

One trick? For absolute fabulous hook setting, the Owner Twistlock Finesse Hooks are so very light and sharp, I have found the highest success ratio of getting that hook snagged in a bass. I use the 1/0 size and it works great with the 5" Keitechs. Add a split shot up 6" or so if you need a bit of weight.

It was so successful on my old lake, Lake Athens TX, that I used this 95% of the time.

Brad

Manly Studson reply :

On 1/20/2020 at 11:46 AM, Bassjam2000 said:

Lol there’s always somebody. You ain’t getting off that easy sir. Please allow me to paraphrase the question... if your local bass club had an open tournament in which you had to use a single lure all day for a million dollar grand prize, what would it be?

Now that changes everything! I originally said a popper, but if money is on the line, then a jig would be tied on.

greentrout reply :

zoom green pumpkin trick worm t-rigged ... 3/16 oz. bullet wt. with 12 - 15 lb. test ...

good fishing ...

OCdockskipper reply :

ZMan TRD on a 1/15 oz Zman head. Color depends on the lake, first choice would be California Craw.

Also, do all the guys who chose various plastic worms know that they only get 1? After 3 fish, they would be done, unless you let them use Mend-it...

NittyGrittyBoy reply :

Na we pick worms we get the whole pack.

Just 1 hook ????

scaleface reply :

On 1/21/2020 at 11:50 AM, OCdockskipper said:

ZMan TRD on a 1/15 oz Zman head. Color depends on the lake, first choice would be California Craw.

Also, do all the guys who chose various plastic worms know that they only get 1? After 3 fish, they would be done, unless you let them use Mend-it...

I figured it would be an unlimited supply .

Choporoz reply :

I'd move somewhere that I can fish year round

SuperDuty reply :

On 1/22/2020 at 1:42 AM, Choporoz said:

I'd move somewhere that I can fish year round

You can fish year round pretty much everywhere lol

Choporoz reply :

On 1/22/2020 at 2:02 AM, SuperDuty said:

You can fish year round pretty much everywhere lol

Don't tell me....tell the OP...????

FryDog62 reply :

One lure for both species: 5 inch Strike King Caffeine Shad on an Owner Twistlock Light 3/32 weighted hook.

Unbelievable action with this set up. This specific weighted hook keeps the Shad horizontal while moving forward. Unlike other plastics of this style, the Shad has a bubble in the tail. Once cast out, the Shad slowly swims forward, then slows and with a kick of the bubble tail, changes directions and descends further while swimming/dying in a different direction. If there are smallmouth or largemouth present it gets engulfed.

This is the only lure I need whether throwing in open water, along weed edges, skipped under docks, or twitched like a jerkbait. Also works great swimming with the current along river banks and is mostly resistant to branches/rocks/weeds.

Most any color works, but if I had to pick one color, white would be it for both species.

Bassjam2000 reply :

On 1/22/2020 at 3:00 AM, FryDog62 said:

One lure for both species: 5 inch Strike King Caffeine Shad on an Owner Twistlock Light 3/32 weighted hook.

Unbelievable action with this set up. This specific weighted hook keeps the Shad horizontal while moving forward. Unlike other plastics of this style, the Shad has a bubble in the tail. Once cast out, the Shad slowly swims forward, then slows and with a kick of the bubble tail, changes directions and descends further while swimming/dying in a different direction. If there are smallmouth or largemouth present it gets engulfed.

This is the only lure I need whether throwing in open water, along weed edges, skipped under docks, or twitched like a jerkbait. Also works great swimming with the current along river banks and is mostly resistant to branches/rocks/weeds.

Most any color works, but if I had to pick one color, white would be it for both species.

What size do you use 5/0? That’s a good sized plastic

FryDog62 reply :

On 1/22/2020 at 3:44 AM, Bassjam2000 said:

What size do you use 5/0? That’s a good sized plastic

4/0 fits the bill perfectly on the 5 inch Shad..

fishballer06 reply :

Surprised it only took until January 18th for this thread to show up.

For me, I'll take a casting style jig. So many possible ways to fish it. Pitching/flipping, swim it, drag it. I can cover the whole water column.

Bankbeater reply :

I don’t get to fish for smallies that often so for largemouth I’m going to say a jig and craw.

Log Catcher reply :

It would a jig in PB&J color with a matching Zoom Twin Tail Grub or an Ultra Vibe Speed Craw for a trailer.

LCG reply :

BPS Stick-O 5 3/8" watermelon candy. So many ways to rig it, hard to go wrong.

Ratherbfishing reply :

Can't say. Don't wanna say. Too many great lures out there and too many places to fish them to narrow it down. Glad I don't have to.

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